"These were acts of domestic terrorism against Michigan citizens
and we are prosecuting them as such," Schuette said in a statement last week.

Schuette
filed that charge as well as six other felony charges against Casteel
in Livingston County District Court, including: Three counts of felony
firearm, one count of assault with intent to murder, one count of
discharging a firearm from a vehicle and one count of carrying a
dangerous weapon with unlawful intent. The new charges replace six
previously filed in Livingston County, which have been dismissed.

Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica R. Cooper has elected to separately lead the prosecution of Casteel in Oakland County, where he is charged with 60 crimes stemming from nine shooting incidents, including attempted murder, which carries a penalty up to life in prison.

Police have provided little insight regarding a motive. A mental
competency exam is being preformed in Livingston County and family
members have confirmed worries about Casteel's mental state.

Casteel
is by accounts an intelligent man. He graduated from Michigan State
University with a degree in geology in 1997 and later took graduate
classes.

According to statements during Casteel's arraignment in
Oakland County, he'd been unemployed for two years and recently
returned to Wixom from Taylorsville, Ky. where he'd previously worked
for the U.S. Department of Energy for an 8-month stint.

Casteel's aunt, Cynda Warth of Owosso, told the Detroit News
her nephew suffered from paranoid beliefs that the government was after
him, but was a good person, attentive to his daughter and "never hurt
anyone."

"All he talks about is the government," Warth told The News. "The kid has problems. He's not all there."